Marion County Arkansas Republicans

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UNITED STATE SENATORS & REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATES

ROBB
RYERSE

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 03

I
believe that you deserve a voice in Washington DC. And you deserve the respect
of our elected leaders. But those leaders value their corporate donors more
than voters, which is why DC has become such a swamp and many Arkansas voters
feel so frustrated by politics.

I
decided to enter this race for Congress because you matter more to me than the
party establishment and special interest groups. I will be YOUR representative
in DC and will make sure that YOU have a voice.

I’m
not a career politician. I’m a regular guy who believes we need to do something
big to change the direction of our country. I’m a pastor; my wife and I started
a church in Fayetteville 12 years ago. Plus, I work a full-time job. With four
kids and bills to pay, I know the kinds of anxieties and aspirations Arkansans
feel every day. That’s why I’ll fight to make sure that the laws we pass
benefit the most Americans possible, not just the elite few.

You
have more power than you can imagine to change things. You don’t have to wait
for someone else to do it; you can drain the swamp, starting right here in our
state.

On
May 22,
vote for me in the Republican primary, Robb Ryerse for Congress. Have
confidence that our government is working for you. Have confidence that you
have a voice in Washington DC.

U.S. Representative Steve
Womack was elected to represent Arkansas’s Third Congressional District in
2010, is Chairman of the House Budget Committee, sits on the House Appropriations
Committee.

Prior to his
election to Congress, Representative Womack served as the Mayor of Rogers,
Arkansas, for twelve years and in the Arkansas Army National Guard for over
thirty years, retiring at the rank of Colonel.

Steve has been
married to his wife, Terri, for over 33 years, and they have three sons, two
grandsons, and a dog named Cooper.

ARKANSAS STATE-WIDE CANDIDATES

GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON

GOVERNOR

“I’m
delighted today to announce my intentions to seek another term as your
Governor. There is no better job than serving the people of Arkansas as
Governor. When I ran in 2014, I outlined specifically what I would do as
Governor; promises that I made and kept. I am running for reelection to expand
on our progress from pro-growth tax reform to marketing our state to the world
to create more jobs here at home. You are the reason I am Governor and I’m
asking for your support of my reelection”

Promise:
Jobs Governor

Fulfilled: Nearly
60,000 new jobs have been created in Arkansas.
Current unemployment rate is lowest in the recorded state history.

Promise:
Computer Coding to be Taught in Every Public High School in Arkansas

Fulfilled: Championed legislation to offer computer
coding in every high school across the state. The number of students enrolled
continues to grow.

Promise:
Lower Income Tax Rates by $100 million

Fulfilled: Enacted the
largest cuts to income tax rates in the history of the state. Income tax relief
totaling more than $150 million has been provided to hard working Arkansans.

Promise:
Hiring Freeze in State Government

Fulfilled: Implemented
a hiring freeze across all of his executive agencies resulting in the
elimination of approximately 1,400 positions with savings of approximately $40
million.

Governor Hutchinson has
accomplished a great deal, however, there is more work to be done to continue
to ensure that Arkansas remains the best place to live, work and raise a
family.

Hutchinson has served
as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas; U.S. Congressman, 3rd Congressional
District; Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Under Secretary of
the Department of Homeland Security. Asa has spent the majority of his career
in the private sector as a small business owner, lawyer and entrepreneur. He
and his wife Susan have been married for 43 years and have four grown children
and six grandchildren.

You've seen her weekly on national
television, on Fox Business as a gun rights analyst or offering political
analysis as the national spokesperson of the Citizens for Trump Organization.

Jan drew the attention of Arkansas
conservatives when she delivered a blistering admonishment of RINOs in House
Judiciary that was captured on video by the Arkansas Times. That video went
viral, with over 1.4 million views, evoking a movement of citizens across the
state urging her to continue fighting for the people, but from a better
position, the Governor's seat.

With over 1.5 million social media
followers, Jan is affectionately referred to as the 1st Lady of the 2nd
Amendment for her years of fighting on the national front for 2nd Amendment
issues, speaking in over 25 states.

Jan served two terms on the Executive
Board of the Arkansas State Baptist Convention.

Red, White, and Blue News named Jan
the first Conservative Rockstar on social media.

Jan Morgan is a constitutional
conservative who believes in smaller, transparent, Constitutional government
that puts more money and freedom back in the hands of the people.

She is an award-winning veteran
investigative tv journalist for 24 years, using television and the internet
news outlets as a platform to expose waste, fraud, and abuse in government.

Her work has appeared in Breitbart,
The Daily Caller, Patriot Update and a host of other outlets.

She is a state police and NRA
certified firearms instructor, a Certified Range Safety Officer, and owns her
own indoor shooting range (The Gun Cave). As well as being a small business
owner, she is a wife and a mother. She also shoots guns and rides her own
Harley!

Wife of 41 years, Judy Land, first elected
Republican Assessor in county history

Two grown children; 4 grandchildren

Retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone in 2004
with 30 years’ service

Started Heber Springs Communications in 2006

County Campaign Chairman in 2012

County Chairman 2013-2015

First District Chairman 2015-2017

Recently passed Real Estate Exam and received
license

Part-time Sales Associate at ReMax, Heber
Springs

Officially declared as a candidate for
Commissioner of State Lands LAND FOR
LAND!

Tommy is a 46 year resident of Arkansas, he and his wife Judy have been
married 41 years. She is the first
Republican candidate elected to the Assessor’s office in Cleburne County
history. They have two grown children and
four grandchildren.

Ending a 30 year career with Southwestern Bell Telephone (now
AT&T), Tommy retired in 2004. Due to
increasing requests for help with business telephone equipment from local
business owners, he started Heber Springs Communications in 2006 and currently provides
service to customers in a large area of north central Arkansas.

For 20 years, he and Judy operated a small cattle farm south of Heber
Springs. They also helped their two
children build and operate a lawn care business that contributed greatly to
funding their college educations.

After becoming involved in the Cleburne County Republican Committee,
Tommy served as the County Campaign Chairman in 2012. In 2013, he was elected to a two-year term as
County Chairman for the party. Since
March, 2015, he has held the office of First District Chairman for the Republican
Party of Arkansas. The First District
encompasses 29 counties in Arkansas, extending over approximately the eastern
third of Arkansas from the Missouri border to the Louisiana border. During his term as First District Chairman,
he helped many committees in the First District have an impact in their
communities.

Tommy recently passed the Arkansas Real Estate License Exam and, after
receiving his Realtor’s License, is working part-time as a sales associate at
ReMax, Heber Springs.

After a lifetime in the service sector, Tommy Land has announced his
candidacy for Commissioner of State Lands in the 2018 election. He is seeking the opportunity to serve the
entire State of Arkansas in this capacity.
Your support and vote would be greatly appreciated. LAND FOR LAND 2018!

State
Representative Trevor Drown, a lifelong resident of Pope County, is serving his
second term as State Representative for District 68. He is seeking the
Secretary of State position as a means of continuing that service to the
residents of Arkansas.

His career experience includes 27 years with the United Parcel Service and 15
years as a small business owner. He also actively works the family’s
225-acre timber farm.

Trevor currently serves as a Master Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special
Forces Training Detachment. He has served in Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghanistan and Horn of Africa as a Green Beret and has earned many
decorations, including the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Bronze Star for
Service, and the Army Commendation Medal for Valor.

Trevor and his wife, Kara, and two children, Ayden and Ella, live in Dover and
are active members of Victory Missionary Baptist Church.

Arkansas
Commissioner of State Lands, John Thurston was first elected in November of
2010 and is currently serving his second, and final, term in office. This past
fall, John announced his candidacy for Secretary of State and has been hot on
the campaign trail ever since! In his
role as Land Commissioner, John served as chairman of the Arkansas Natural and
Cultural Resources Council and was nominated as president of the Western State
Land Commissioners Association where he served with Texas State Land
Commissioner, George P. Bush.

John
believes he will bring a wealth of knowledge from the Land Commissioner’s
office to the office of Secretary of State. Like the State Land Commissioner’s
office, the Secretary of State is an administrative constitutional office, not
a legislative office, and its primary function is to carry out the duties
assigned to it by the people of Arkansas. John is excited about the future of
the Secretary of State’s office in continuing to build its business services
division, trimming and keeping a conservative budget, obtaining more voting
machines, and re-drawing fair and thoughtful lines when it comes time for
re-districting in 2021.

John
is an Arkansas native, attended Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, and
graduated from Agape College in Little Rock with diploma in Biblical Studies. He
was a Certified Religious Assistant in the Arkansas state prison system and has
served 13 years on the staff at the Agape Church in West Little Rock.

John
still resides in Saline County with his wife, Joanna, and their five children.
He is also an avid outdoorsman!

ARKANSAS STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATES

STATE REPRESENTATIVE JACK FORTNER *

DISTRICT 99

State
Representative Jack Fortner has been an elected member of the Arkansas House of
Representatives since November of 2016. He currently sits on the Public
Transportation committee, the Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development
committee and Joint Performance Review.

Formerly, Fortner has served the
people of Marion County as a member of the Marion County Regional Airport
Board, the Planning Commission and is a former Marion County Justice of the
Peace. He is a member of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association, American Legion
#61 and a former member of Rotary International.

One of his
greatest honors is having the opportunity to teach young people. He was a
leader in a church boy’s organization for over 30 years. Fortner and his wife
Pam are active at Twin Lakes Baptist Church in Mountain Home, Ark. He currently
teaches the junior Sunday School class. He believes we have no more valuable
asset than our children. “I believe that any time invested in our young people
is time well spent.”

Fortner is
a proud veteran of the United States Navy, serving during the Vietnam War.

He has had
several successful auto-related businesses and has worked for Goodyear Racing
at several NASCAR races. He is also local radio personality “Jack the Car Guy”
on Mountain Home’s KTLO radio station.